Re: [Boost-users] [1.35.0][OSX][iostreams] Exception thrown with utf8 filename

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [1.35.0][OSX][iostreams] Exception thrown with utf8 filename
From: Sachin Garg (schngrg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-17 06:13:22

For others who might stumble on this page via google, this was a bug
with boost and has been fixed. More details at,

   https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3928

SG

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Sachin Garg <schngrg_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I am facing same problem as described below. With a non-english
> unicode path on OSX, wpath::external_file_string throws.
>
> It seems I am missing something trivial like local settings etc,
> anyone knows whats going on?
>
> SG
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Christophe Radondy
> <christophe.radondy_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I try to do a cross-platform source code and I have this code.
>>
>> I compiled boost 1.35 in universal binaries on Mac OS 10.5.4 with intel
>> platform (IMAC core 2 duo 3Ghz)
>>
>> The same code works on linux (Ubuntu 8.0.4 and debian) and windows platforms
>> but on Mac OS 10.5 I have an exception in boost’s libraries.
>>
>> We compile on universal binaries with –fexceptions options of g++ 4.0.1
>> (Apple).
>>
>>
>>
>> This is my code:
>>
>> <code>
>>
>>      boost::filesystem::wpath unicode(L"abcdef\u0110");
>>
>>      boost::filesystem::ofstream file(unicode.string()); // throws Invalid
>> Argument on Mac
>>
>>      file << "abcdef" << endl;
>>
>>      file.close();
>>
>> <endcode/>
>>
>>
>>
>> If I do this, it works:
>>
>>
>>
>> <code>
>>
>>      boost::filesystem::path utf8("abcdef\xC4\x90"); // \xC4\x90 == \u0110
>>
>>      boost::filesystem::ofstream file(utf8.string()); // works ok
>>
>>      file << "abcdef" << endl;
>>
>>      file.close();
>>
>> <endcode/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> When the ofstream is created, this function is executed and crashes when I
>> use Unicode parameters :
>>
>>
>>
>> <code>
>>
>>      unicode.external_file_string(); // throws
>>
>>
>>
>> uncaught exception of type
>> boost::filesystem::basic_filesystem_error<boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::basic_string<wchar_t,
>> std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t> >,
>> boost::filesystem::wpath_traits> >
>>
>> - boost::filesystem::wpath::to_external conversion error: Invalid argument
>>
>>
>>
>> <endcode/>
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have any idea? Is this a known bug? Did I miss a setting?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Christophe.
>>
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